GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incidence | rate of occurrence or influence |
| tepid | moderately warm : lukewarm |
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| untenable | not able to be defended |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |
| chronicle | a historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation |
| microcosm | a little world |